Gearing.



Nal-646,658. Patented Apr.- 3, 1900.

, D'. c. FRAZEUR.

GEARING.

(A ppl'icat'ion led Mar. .18, 1899.)

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID o. EEAZEU-E, or NEW MARKET, NEw JEEsEY.

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sPEcIEIcArIoN frming part of Letters raten/'t N6. 646,658, ated April s, Iveco.

l Application filed March 18 1899.

vthe claims. i n i Y This invention is especially devised to bev yused -in connection with a bicycle crank-shaft land sprocket-wheel, though.` itis equally adapted for use in connection with other'machinery. i i. f Y

Infethe accompanying drawings, v'Figure 1 vis va view showing it applied-to'abicycle sprocket-whefel and lwhich is a h'orizontallorb.l

gitudinal sectional view taken on'. linev1-1 of Fig. 2. ing. Fig. 3 is a `detached perspective' view thereof. Fig. 4 is asectional viewtakenon` line 4` 4 of Fig. 2.v Fig. 5 iis a detached perspectiveviewof the outerwall of the` casing 'in which the gearing is located'. l

Referring now to the drawings, lvindicates a crank-hanger lofa bicycle,1 through which passes a .tube 2. One end of this tube 2 re-V ceives a screw-threaded bushing 3, which also screws into the adjacentend of the crankhanger 1, and the inner end of the,V crank` hanger is supported by a bushing '4, through which the tube 2 passes and has its end 5 projectingv therethrough. .Iournaled upon i the projectingend of this tube 2 isasprocket 'orV other wheel 6, the said sprocket vprovided with a projecting flange 7, extending fromv the hub thereof. .The projecting end 5 of the tube 2 projects beyond and outside of this flange 7, and secured to the proj ectingend ofv the tube is a pinion or gear 8, and which gear or pinion is made fast to said tube in any desired manner. A gear or pinion9 is made fast to the flange 7 of the hub ofthe wheel 6. A casing 10 is provided with an opening 11, which receives the ange 7 of the hub of the wheel 6, and upon which flange the casing iS journaled. This casing has its inner wall 12 provided with the journals 13, one of which receives a pinion or gear 14 and the other a pinion or gear' 15. These journals 13 have v By. referencev to Fig. 2

Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the gearfv Serial No. 709,683. (No model.)

screw-threaded projecting ends 16, which pass through openings 17 in the outer Wall18 and `receivethe nuts 19 for clamping the outer wallinvposition thereon. y

T he'crank-shaft 2O passes loosely through ,the tube 2. and preferably has the crank 21 yadjacent the gearing integral therewith, and

'this crank passes between the lugs 22 upon the outer wall18 of the casing and which lugs serve to rotate the casing with the cranky i shaft. The crank 24 at the opposite end of the crank-shaft 2O is detachably connected with the shaft by. a keyy or otherwise, so that removed, and then access readily permitted to the vgea-rin'g'by the removal -of the outer plate 1S of the casing 10. .Y

it will be noted that the'gear-wheel 9, which is carried` by the sprocket-wheehis larger than the other gear y and that the gear14 overlaps this large gear 9. andis in engagement with 'the smaller gearl orpi-nionS, which is fast to the end of the tube 2. It will also lbe noted that the gearl the crank-24 can be detached, the crank-shaft is `afwide or' double faced gear and is-so rela-l tively journaled that it is in 4engagement with the large wheel 9 and the pinion 14.

' .The crank-hanger 1 beingfast to the frame ofthe machine andthe tube 2 fast v to the hanger, the'pinionvarried by the end of this tube, is likewise fast and doesnot rotate. This gear or pinion S therefore is the fulcrum of power or the point of resistance.

When the crank-shaft isrotated bymeans of the cranks 21 and 24 in the'usual manner, the .casin g '10 is revolved, carrying with it the -pinions 14 and 15, journaled to the inner Wallv thereof.

, This rotation of the case carries the wheel 14 around the pinion Bof the tube 2, causing it to revolve and also to travel around the pinion, which gives to the wheel 14, and consequently the pinion or gear l5, tworevolutions to each revolution of the crank-shaft, one revolution being that which would be given to the gear 14 if it were not in engage- Inentwith the pinion 8 and the other rotation being caused by its engagement with the pin--V ion 8=that is to say, if the crank-shaft 21 were rigid with the pinion 14 it would make one revolution therewith; but not bein g rigid with the crank-shaft it is permitted to rotate, owin g to its engagement with the non-movable pinion 8, which adds thereto another revolution, and consequently this revolution is added to the gear or pinion 15. This latter pinion 15 is in engagementwith the large gear 9, which is fast to the sprocket G. This gear 9 being larger in diameter than the gears 14 and l5, the two revolutions given to the gear 15 are not imparted to the wheel 9, owing to the increased diameter of this latter wheel. The relative diameter of the wheels 9 and 15 causes about one and three-quarters revolutions to the wheel 9, and consequently one and threequarters revolutions to the sprocket-wheel to each revolution of the crank-shaft and its hanger. It will be readily understood, however, that the relative speed of the sprocket or other wheel 6 and the crank-shaft can be increased or decreased by increasing or decreasing the size of the gears.

By means of a gearing of the character here shown I am enabled to increase the relative speed of the sprocket-wheel as compared to that of the crank-shaft, as may be desired, thus enabling me to use a larger sprocket on the rear driving-wheel of a bicycle or other mechanism to be driven. The advantages of the relatively-larger gearwheel upon the rear driving-wheel as compared to that ot the sprocket-wheel 6 are obvious.

This mechanism is compact, inclosed from access of dirt and dust, simple and cheap to produce, and enables me to at will increase or decrease the relative rotation of the crankshaft and the sprocket.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A gearing comprising a rigidly-supported pinion 8, a drive-wheel loosely mounted upon said support and havingan outwardlyprojecting flange provided with a pinion 9, a gear-support loosely mounted on the flange and carrying a pinion 14 engaging the pinion 8, a second pinion 15 carried thereby and e-ngaging pinions 14 and 9, and a crank attached to the gearsupport, substantially as described.

2. Agearingforbicycles comprisingacrankhanger a tube supported thereby and having a projecting end carrying a pinion fast thereto, the tube being fast to the crank-hanger, a relatively-larger gear concentrically journaled in respect to said tube and its gear, a gear-support concentrically journaled in relation to the said tube, gears 14 and 1.5 journaled thereon and in engagement with each other, gear 14 in engagement with gear 8, and the gear 15- in engagement with the gear 9, a crank-shaft passing through the said tube and revoluble in relation thereto, and a connection between the crank and the gear-support whereby when the crank is rotated the gear-support and the gears carried thereby are likewise rotated, substantially as 'described.

3. A gearing comprising a rigidlysupported pinion 8, a loosely-mounted drive-Wheel, a pinion 9 rigidly connected to. the drive- Wheel, a loosely but concentrically mounted gear-support independent of the drive-Wheel and carrying two loosely-mounted pinions 14 and 15, the pinion 14 engaging the pinion S and the pinion 15 engaging pinions 14 and 9, and a driving member attached to the gearsupport, substantially as described.

4. In a gearing for bicycles, the combina; tion with a crank-hanger, a tube secured therein, and carrying at its outer end a pinion S, a drive-wheel loosely mounted upon said tube and having a iiange t0 which is secured a pinion 9, a casing loosely mounted upon the flange of the sprocket-wheel and inclosing the pinions 8 and 9, said case having a pinion 14 loosely mounted therein and meshing with a second gear 15 loosely mounted in said case and meshing with 14-and 9, a crankshaft loosely supported in the tube and a crank connected tothe shaft and secured in-v termediate its length to the casing, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVI D C. FRAZEUR.

Vitnesses:

WM. J. DAVIS, GEO. L HARRIS. 

